ktvu tara moriarty joining us live now. tara, you have new information. >> reporter: yeah we have learned when the officer fired at the suspect that the windshield was struck twice. we are here at the corner of fifth and mission. as you can see behind me here the scene is clear. you can tell what a messy accident this one. there is a lot of tire marks and oil on the road. someone stole a blacktown car and alert was put out. plain clothes officers did surveillance and spotted the car in the tenderloin district and tried to pull the car over. officials say he drove up on the sidewalk on eddy street in order to avoid some spike strips that police laid out and raced down fifth street eventually slamming into a cab and involving two others in the car accident. >> when the vehicle went up on the curb, one of the officers fearing for their safety fired two shots at the vehicle. >> reporter: police are investigating whether the driver was injured by gunfire. chief sur says the suspect does have a scratch on his fore head but they a